You already know the person who runs meetings all day, then comes home and starts assigning chores in the same tone. The one who tells a stranger more than they’ve ever told their own family, because a stranger can’t hold it against them later. This week...
You’re not missing who they are. You’re missing who they used to be, the ghost version of someone who no longer shows up the way they once did. That’s the part that makes this so hard to name. The friend who barely replies now, who’s stopped...
You can say sorry and not actually be at fault. You can sit in a meeting and not actually be part of the decision. You can forgive someone and still not trust them. You can look completely replaceable, right up until the day you leave, and everyone finds out you...
You never dropped anything. Never missed a deadline. Never once said this was too much. On paper, that makes you exceptional. What doesn’t appear anywhere is what staying that reliable actually cost you. Over the past three weeks I’ve written about...
You already know who they are, the one quietly carrying emotional labour at work that nobody else sees. The one who calms the upset client before anyone else notices there’s a problem. The one who never misses a deadline, never drops the ball, never once says...
You have seen it before. A colleague goes quiet after a promotion is announced. Someone stays online until midnight, replying to messages nobody asked them to answer that late. A teammate takes on every difficult client because they are “good with...
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